Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

This monthly e-mailed update contains news, opportunities, upcoming events, and other information about Mid-Columbia tech businesses and the organizations that support them. Visit the EDO Home page to subscribe to this Newsletter. Browse the archives for back issues.

Startup Weekend Coming to Tri-Cities, Seeking Sponsors
For entrepreneurs, a little help can go a long way to jump-starting innovation. Startup Weekend, an event that gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to take their ideas and turn them into action, is coming to the Tri-Cities September 20 -22, 2013. more...

Free Space at Smartmap Expo; Registration Open
At this year's Smartmap Expo, inventors exhibit for free! "Inventors Pavilion" is a free-of-charge opportunity for inventors to display their inventions, meet manufacturers that can build their products, and investors that can fund their start-ups. more...

First Look Forum
Applications are now open for NWEN's Fall 2013 First Look Forum. NWEN is the region's home for innovative businesses in every growth sector in the economy. more...

Start Smart Workshop
July 8. Get solid advice on how to launch a small business at the Smart Start workshop. The easy-to-understand session will cover the basics of starting a business, from initial financing to getting the right licenses. more...

Life Science Innovation Northwest Meeting
July 10 - 11. The Pacific Northwest is home to an expanding and collaborative consortium of biotechnology and biomedical firms, healthcare services, world-class research, innovative startups and established industry leaders. more...

Developing Your Capability Statement
July 16: A capability statement is like a resume, only you use it for government contracting. It provides potential clients with a concise overview of your company's qualifications and experience. more...

Grid Brainiacs Hope to Get Even 'Smarter' About Transactive Energy
PNNL's Carl Imhoff, who manages electricity infrastructure research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, provided details about the latest developments on the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project at the First International Conference and Workshop on Transactive Energy held this past May in Portland. more...

We invite your contributions! We will consider items that fit the mission of this publication, including your tech-related news, awards, and notices of upcoming events. Please send text to Mary Ann Showalter or call (509) 371-6017.

Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.